Woman charged in racist incident on Halifax Transit bus sentenced
An ugly racist incident on a Halifax Transit bus that happened well over a year ago finally reached a conclusion of sorts, today at the courthouse on Spring Garden Road in Halifax.
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Mayann Francis about incident at Dartmouth General: “I had to explain that racist behaviour is not only calling somebody the N-word”
We speak with Mayann Francis, former lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, about an incident at the Dartnouth General Hospital that caused her to file a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.
Raymond Sheppard: A hollow apology from Chief Kinsella
After so many meaningless apologies and promises by police chiefs and governments over the years it will take a lot more to regain the trust of African Nova Scotians than yet another apology, writes Raymond Sheppard. “It seems that the HRP to this day is a hotbed of racism, and there is a strong need to clean house.”
Methylmercury and clean energy don’t mix. About the Ecology Action Centre and Muskrat Falls
A new report by the EAC about renewable energy completely ignores the horrific effects of Muskrat Falls on Indigenous peoples and others in Labrador. That’s not what climate justice looks like.
Press release: DPAD expresses concerns about the proposed Halifax Regional Police street check apology
Press release: While DPAD understands the motivation for the Halifax Regional Police’s (HRP) proposed apology for the practice of street checks, we remain deeply concerned about how our community will continue to experience policing in the immediate aftermath.
PSA: Thursday, November 28, The struggle of Black firefighters in the Halifax Fire Service
PSA: Africna NOva Scotian firefighters have been struggling against racism in the Fire Service for over tow decades. Hear their story and explore how it relates to similar problems across HRM business units.
PSA: BPH presents Margaret Kimberley live in Halifax
Margaret Kimberley’s talk takes place on the occasion of the Halifax International Security Forum. She will address the need for a strong anti-war movement on the left, the importance of building an anti-war Black grassroots struggle, and the intersections of race, war, poverty, and imperialism.
By declining Ellen Page’s gift, Town of Shelburne is missing a great opportunity in more ways than one
It looks like the Town of Shelburne is not interested in the generous offer by filmmaker and actress Ellen Page to pay for a much-needed public well for the Black community in town. But the town’s legacy of environmental racism calls for reparations, and that well would be a great start.
Raymond Sheppard: Resisting the constant negative propaganda aimed at African people
There is constant propaganda deliberately aimed toward us as African people in order to turn hate inward and to promote self destruction, writes Rayond Sheppard. “The quest to conquer and annihilate us as African people is relentless and some of our own people are being used to seal the deal.”
The complex truth: Intersections between Day Schools and the Shubenacadie Residential School
Historian Martha Walls takes a closer look at the establishment of the Shubenacadie Residential School as an effort by the state to deflate Indigenous People’s resistance in the region.